宇宙之钥

Scale this up to the universe as a whole,and it gets even weirder.

把此实验提升到整个宇宙的层次 就会变得更光怪陆离

If reality depends on where you are.

若现实取决于人的位置

Then how can you know what's really going on in the universe.

那宇宙的实际状况又该如何得知

What's more,what chance do we stand to finding the key.

更重要的是 我们查出的几率有多大

to how the universe works if we can't even tell if.

有关宇宙运作关键 如果我们自己都无法判定了

two events are simultaneous or not.

两件事是否同时发生

Don't worry,because Einstein thankfully came out with the answer.

别担心 因为幸好爱因斯坦提出了解答

in his famous theory of special relativity.

在他著名的狭义相对论当中

Einstein proposed that reality is flexible because time itself is flexible.

爱因斯坦提出弹性现实的理论 因为时间本身就有弹性

It might sound strange,but this flexibility is just the start.

这听来可能很怪异 但这种弹性却开启了

of a whole new concept in physics.

在物理学上全新的概念

Einstein went down to suggest that just like magnetism,electricity and light.

爱因斯坦继续主张 就像磁性、电力和光线一样

both time and space are inextricably linked in what he called "spacetime".

时间和空间都在彼此纠结 在他所称作"时空"中

This spacetime is flexible as well.

而这个时空也有弹性

It can be bended and warped by the shear mass of heavy things

时空的弯曲变形取决于重物的质量

like stars,and planets and galaxies.

好比恒星、行星 以及星系

重点讲解

1、universe

宇宙

Einstein's equations showed the Universe to be expanding.

爱因斯坦的方程式表明宇宙正在膨胀。

Early astronomers thought that our planet was the centre of the universe.

早期的天文学家认为我们的星球是宇宙的中心。

经验领域

Good writers suck in what they see of the world, recreating their own universe on the page.

优秀的作家从他们眼中的世界汲取体验，然后在纸上重塑自己的天地。

They marked out the boundaries of our visual universe.

他们标出了我们视觉经验领域的界限。

全天下，宇宙万物中（最）

According to my friends I am the coolest, thinnest, cleverest, funniest journalist in the universe.

我的朋友说我是全天下最酷、最瘦、最聪明、最幽默的记者。

2、come out

(书或光盘)出版，发行

The book comes out this week.

这本书本周出版。

Christian Slater has a new movie coming out next month in which he plays a vigilante.

克里斯汀·史莱特有一部新片下月发行，他在片中扮演一个治安维持会成员。

(事实)暴露，披露，显露

The truth is beginning to come out about what happened.

真相开始逐渐浮出水面。

It will come out that she has covertly donated considerable sums to the IRA.

她暗中给爱尔兰共和军提供了大笔资助的事情即将曝光。

公开同性恋身份

the few gay men there who dare to come out.

那里少数几位有勇气公开宣布自己是同性恋的男子

I came out as a lesbian when I was still in my teens.

我才十几岁的时候，就公开了自己的同性恋身份。